GENL1022 Women and Religion

GENL1022 Women and Religion (UNSW Sydney): rated 4.6/5 overall across 7 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.

GENL1022 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Law and Justice in School of Law, Society and Criminology. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.

Review data updated 2026-10-24.

Course details

Chinese title: 女性与宗教

Type: Undergraduate course

Credit points: 6

Subject area: School of Law, Society and Criminology

Faculty: Faculty of Law and Justice

Level: Undergraduate Level 1

Handbook year: 2026

Overview

This course focuses on the role of women in five of the world’s major religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It examines the traditional theological principles and the practical laws that have directly impacted, for better or for worse, upon the lives of women within these religious traditions.

GENL1022 student reviews, difficulty and workload

GENL1022 has 7 scored reviews: overall 4.6/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).

Sources: 7 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 4.6/5).

On Reddit: "Copied from another comment I’ve made: GENL1021 - World Religion GENL1022 - Women in Religion GENS4015 - Brave New World All are fully online. Both religion ones are taught by Dr Paul Gwynne who’s really helpful and a fair marker. Very easy to manage week to week, I did 1021 as …"

On Reddit: "GENL1022 (Women and religion) is a good gen ed course that's also online, runs for 6 weeks and it also has a similar format to GENL1021 (based off the course outline I just read for it). GENL1022 and GENL1021 are the same in having an online forum discussion, quizzes and the tak…"

The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.

GENL1022 FAQ

Q: Is GENL1022 worth taking?

A: Averaged over 7 reviews: overall 4.6/5.

Q: Which faculty teaches GENL1022, and when is it offered?

A: GENL1022 is taught by the Faculty of Law and Justice. Check the official handbook for the current year.

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